No, but I have run into Joe Lammers a few times this week.Quote:
[i]Originally posted by cab9
Hey Squirrel, is that Extreme Joe, the red threat? [/B]
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No, but I have run into Joe Lammers a few times this week.Quote:
[i]Originally posted by cab9
Hey Squirrel, is that Extreme Joe, the red threat? [/B]
Touche! That´s exactly what I was thinking at work when I was drooling over your NZ pics ;)Quote:
Originally posted by skier666
Shit....that's looks horrible
so very jealous :mad:
Yep, but I aced the class cause The´Bird is always better than Alta-tude ;)Quote:
Originally posted by Karl Stall
Me thinks Squirell99 spent some time at the Xover Academy of "stuff it in your face" powder flaunting - nice :D
Kellie,
yeah, dave is here all summer. we were back in an area very near where you were thinking off the backside. wish you were here this year. it´s been a fun trip. Per your request, More pics for ya here:
Cenidor, after it was worked on the first day of the storm
http://www.biglines.com/photos/blpic27195.jpg
First tracks down the Banana Couloir, Spats in the foreground.
http://www.biglines.com/photos/blpic27196.jpg
El Collar, tomorrow!
http://www.biglines.com/photos/blpic27197.jpg
Principito and Saint Exupery
http://www.biglines.com/photos/blpic27198.jpg
Hiking to top of Cerro Martin. Might be able to see Spats if you look closely.
http://www.biglines.com/photos/blpic27199.jpg
http://www.biglines.com/photos/blpic27191.jpg
this shot is sick
luv it
luv this thread
luv las lenas
hey have you run into JB from Snowmass or a delinquint freak show named Billy Poole down there during this last storm cycle?
I am freaking in for next Sept!!!!!!!!
Thanks for the stoke
Thanks for the pics - I have to admit I'm almost in tears right now knowing how good it is! Way to get the job done! Do me a favor, and don't go to the collar - stop at Manhattan instead - it looks perfect (and it's much steeper than anything else you'll find over there!).
Say hi to Dave and everyone else for me, and I'll pray for the temps to stay down - what a dream!
Have fun, be safe :-)
Fucking schwank, you guys.
Tell Lammers I said hi.
ohhh... can i get a hell fucking yes! hell fucking yesQuote:
Originally posted by Squirrel99
Basom, this one´s for you...
Entre Rios kicked ass- best run of the trip so far
http://www.biglines.com/photos/blpic27190.jpg
http://www.biglines.com/photos/blpic27191.jpg
its hard to imagine anything i'd rather ski more than entre rios. its so amazing just to look at it from the Opposing aspect, from the peak, from inside one of the couloirs. its just ment to have the shit ripped out of it.
so stoked for you guys down there. words can't really convey. i think some of my Involuntary bodily functions are begining to shut down.....
I spent the entire weekend sick at home, laying around, watching way too much TV, and dreaming that I was in Las Lenas with Squirrel. Can't friggin' believe how sick it is for you guys down there. Booyeah!
Raddam,
Yeah- I met Jim and Cree on the first day lower mountain was open. Saw them again yesterday heading toward Manhattan. Think there´s about 4 people here from Aspen.
Splat, check.
Kellie,
It´s buring up hot now- was 10C at the summit yesterday and today is hotter. Typical Lenas day with lots of wind and hot temps. Snow is now starting to melt fast, but still good pow and corn to be had. Entre Rios had some good wet slides yesterday. Starting to see a bit of action on all aspects late in the day. Manhattan was icy for the most part, and then a slush fest though the apron. Paraisio was a solid corn run to hidden pockets of cold smoke in the shade.
Yesterday we had the absolute Éxperience¨ Run. Went touring way out to Broken Shoulder. Ran into some wild horses on the broken shoulder summit. Took a billy goat mountaineering line through this huge rock wall and we all skied the rest of the 4,000 vertical feet of powder, slush, crud, etc.. to the road. After hiking out to the road, we were able to hitch a ride back to town on a school bus! Damn sweetest ride ever. These 8-10 year old kids were just super stoked. We got on the bus with all our gear and they started screaming and shouting. One of the kids showed us this cut out sheet of plastic with a string attached- said it was his snowboard! We were all so stoked. Gave out some Power Bars. What a great way to end the day. I´ll post a picture of the bus later- need to get a copy as my batteries were out. But here are a few pics from yesterday...
Wild Horses! (ala Rolling Stones, etc.) Chuck trying to get close
http://www.biglines.com/photos/blpic27270.jpg
And Girlski, Happy Birthday! Here´s our line we skied for ya
http://www.biglines.com/photos/blpic27271.jpg
Talk about a ski experience.....
....ummm yeah, we were skiing this chute and then saw some horses on the ridge....sick!
That chute looks rather fun...ok....really fun.
WOW!!! Wild horses while skiing? WTF. :D
Great thread squirrel, keep it coming!!!
Even if it's melting fast, it looks like you've still got a good base to go from! It looks like you can even ski to the road :-)
Broken shoulder . . . ahh good memories - skied it last year on the first Marte-accessed powder day, for the worst breakable crust of my life - I feel like that run is always an adventure - such a sweet line though! Who were you out there with?
Thanks Squirrel! That line looks like I could have a little, just a little, fun on it...
Sunday: a mix of backside and frontside laps with the crew. Buttery windblown pow down the gut of Exocet, tasty corn through some chutes on the Sombrero, and a hidden low-altitude pow stash amongst the leñas at the bottom. In case you´re wondering, a leñas is a scrubby little yellow desert bush which is about the only thing besides moss that grows up here.
Yesterday was looking like a down day with Marte on wind hold. One unsatisfying lap on Cenador and I went back up to wait for the snowbus, when bam! Marte opens. I sneak a lap on Human Error before they can man the BC shack and tell me to stay out: smooooth chalky windbuff that didn´t seem affected by the heat wave. Catch another lap and pick out the windbuff down Marte bowl. They´re only loading every other chair so the line is getting long by this point. Next lap I intend to drop into Vegas but end up way around the corner, and boot over some rocks into Little Vegas. 1300+ feet of untouched boot-top wind deposit that somehow didn´t get sunbaked :D
Marte bowl was unrecognizable today: last night´s windstorm left it looking like either a frozen ocean or the moon, depending on the aspect. I decided slushy north-facing aspects were better than moon rocks, so I skinned up the cat road to Manhattan Couloir. After an hour and some exciting rock scrambles near the top, I end up in the big bowl leading down the gut. 2500+ terrifying feet of 40-45 degree slush punching a narrow, twisty passage through a huge red cliff opposite the Marte, with chokes down to ski width. I am scared shitless for two reasons:
1) I´m soloing
2) I´m never 100% sure I´m in the right couloir, and I imagine getting closed out over a 300´ rockfall every time I turn a corner or crest a rollover
Though the skiing turned out to be reasonably easy, I have never been so glad to see a slushy, rock-scattered apron in my life.
I´ve got a camera full of spectacular pics...they´ll go up when I get back sometime next week.
Additionally, Squirrel is the man, in case any doubt is left.
gotta love manhatten, pucker factor is huge. I have had some downclimbing in there before, same deal solo was not sure in the right place.
Brings back sweet memories. Enjoy!!!
I'm not sure if I was in LL. :DQuote:
Originally posted by Spats
and a hidden low-altitude pow stash
I think if there is a "Stoke Thread of the Summer" award that it goes to Squirrel. Owens, any chance we could throw Squirrel a copy of one of TGR's finest as a "Stoke Thread of the Summer" award? Anyone agree?Quote:
Originally posted by Spats
Additionally, Squirrel is the man, in case any doubt is left.
One more update from Las Lenas. It has been an awesome couple of weeks here. Temps are now soaring to about 15C and corn skiing has arrived. Lots of the last storm has started to melt away, but still decent skiing to be had off the Marte lift and touring higher. Yesterday hiked to top of Cerro Martin and found a difficult bounty of loose granular chop and roller balls, creating a fun, yet dizzying adventure through sluff on the adjacent 50 degree chutes. Edgeable windbuff with an inch or two on top would best describe it. Later headed out toward Sans Noms and carved up some smmoooove corn. Unfortunately, the road had melted out so we had a fun 1 hour walk back to al centro in our ski boots.
A few more pics from the trip here:
Blurry powder shot below Cerro Martin
http://www.biglines.com/photos/blpic27371.jpg
One of Spats testing out his edges about to drop in
http://www.biglines.com/photos/blpic27372.jpg
Looking back down on one of the intense hikes
http://www.biglines.com/photos/blpic27373.jpg
Spats entering Hourglass. I was crapping in my pants taking this shot as I was holstered between the cliffs edge and impending chute below. Trippie, for sure!
http://www.biglines.com/photos/blpic27374.jpg
Sunset on Cerro Lenas
http://www.biglines.com/photos/blpic27375.jpg
And here we are trying to get anyone to stop and pick us up for a return trip to the base. Fortunately, the school bus showed up and we were all provided with a huge blast of stoke to carry forward to the upcoming season.
http://www.biglines.com/photos/blpic27376.jpg
I rest my case...
travel safe friend.
Utmost gratitude and respect to all of you guys,Squirrel/Spats etcetera...
Trip Report of...
Thank you.
Did they let you drive the bus this year???:DQuote:
Originally posted by Squirrel99
And here we are trying to get anyone to stop and pick us up for a return trip to the base. Fortunately, the school bus showed up and we were all provided with a huge blast of stoke to carry forward to the upcoming season.
http://www.biglines.com/photos/blpic27373.jpg
love the burly boot pack pics.
safe trip, and have fun in mendoza http://tetongravity.com/ubb/icons/icon14.gif
We{ll see. Maybe a few more pics before leaving in a few days.Quote:
Originally posted by basom
safe trip, and have fun in mendoza http://tetongravity.com/ubb/icons/icon14.gif
Now time for UFO lomo completo ;)
Glad everyone{s enjoying the reports.
mostly i'm enjoying the fact that your keybord has no commas. ' } '
damn Spats...I really hate you right now but at least I can fire up some old Tech Itch records:)
Sick thread....sick photos...sick stories....sick skiing
Good work guys.
Mmmmmmm...Quote:
Originally posted by Squirrel99
Now time for UFO lomo completo ;)
I'd just like to say thanks for the killer thread. Great pics and vibe. I imagine you've sold quite a few people on South America (myself included).
I agree with an earlier post...Squirrel gets Stoke of the Summer Award! Great shots, great skiing, great dedication to providing stoke to all of us who just didn't quite make it to SA this year....next year....next year....
This totally brings back some great memories.
Twice skunked , but always glad to see it had.
Always worth going.
me and you are going to get it next year splat. we are not leaving untill it is had.Quote:
Originally posted by splat
Twice skunked , but always glad to see it had.
Always worth going.
FKNA. And I got some other places on the agenda.
I figured that pics of me hanging on to steep, hard windpack over icy rocks would get your attention. Powder? Bah! Show me the 666 line! :DQuote:
Originally posted by skier666
damn Spats...I really hate you right now but at least I can fire up some old Tech Itch records:)
Classics now in my tape player, just for you:
Ice Minus: "Frostbite"
Paradox: "A Certain Sound"
Outfit: "New York"
I´m in the Damajuana now. Seven days of the biggest lines I´ve ever skied, in some of the best conditions I´ve ever skied, and I´m spent. There´s a lot of good corn left but it´s tough to get back to the poma by the Aries now that the traverse is melted out. I leave Mendoza saturday night, maybe I´ll see some of you here on the way out.
This thread is the primary reason that the urge to quit my job, rent out the house and go ski/boat/surf indefinatly has gone from a distant thought bouncing around my brain to a clear image burned into my vision. Mark my words...it will happen.
Damn, now that's some quality techstep bizness...brings back memories of 1997. :)Quote:
Outfit: "New York"
Again, jealous...especially with exposed ice and technical chutes...mmmmmmm. I'm off to New Zealand tomorrow night for a quick one week trip...they're getting some quality snow as I speak and we're locked in to atleast one day of heli-time, well....atleast that's all I can afford. :)
SSSSSSSSSHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!Quote:
Originally posted by meatdrink9
I imagine you've sold quite a few people on South America (myself included).
Nothing to see here, no mas nieve, move along
no es importante! Disregard thread. Chile es mejor.;)
damn i'm sad to see the trip come to an end. living vicariously through one of your friends is the very next best thing to actually being there. thanks for sharing squirrel.
next year i'll be the photo bitch.
call when you get back to seattle. i'll buy beers for you so long as you keep telling stories.
Funny, that's exactly what happened to me last year...Quote:
Originally posted by Foggy_Goggles
This thread is the primary reason that the urge to quit my job, rent out the house and go ski/boat/surf indefinatly has gone from a distant thought bouncing around my brain to a clear image burned into my vision. Mark my words...it will happen.
You guys slayed it. I knew when we staggered past Cletus and Arty in the BA airport, committed to things requiring our return that couldn't be put off, that they were on their way to The Ball.
I knew Spats had committed to spend that lil bit extra time to ensure the Santa Rosa would get harvested, and he stuck it clean with a warmup sidetrip in Nirvana. ...That SQ99 was just biding his time, and the Rev's prayers had been answered.
So, with all that having happened................
Where the fuck has dudele been hiding?
Exactly! Dudele, what gives? No stoke on your end?Quote:
Originally posted by splat
You guys slayed it.
So, with all that having happened................
Where the fuck has dudele been hiding?
Quote:
Originally posted by BC-FLOW
damn i'm sad to see the trip come to an end. living vicariously through one of your friends is the very next best thing to actually being there. thanks for sharing squirrel.
next year i'll be the photo bitch.
call when you get back to seattle. i'll buy beers for you so long as you keep telling stories.
Tiger Mountain, sunday afternoon, bizatch?
Lots of cool photos on the way when I get back to PNW. Time to hit it up in Mendoza now ;)